Lawrence Bender Biography (1958?-)

Born 1958 (some sources say 1957), in The Bronx, NY. Addresses: Agent:William Morris Agency, One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA, 90212.;Office: Lawrence Bender Productions/A Band Apart Productions, 8530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, actor, director, writer, grip
Birth Details: 1958?; The Bronx, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Production assistant, Maximum Potential (also known as Dolph Lungren: Maximum Potential), 1987
Grip, The Allnighter, Universal, 1987
Producer, Intruder (also known as Night Crew: The Final Checkout), Phantom Productions, 1988
Dolly grip, Cameron's Closet, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1988
Producer, Tale of Two Sisters, Vista Street Entertainment, 1989
Producer, Reservoir Dogs, Miramax, 1992
Second assistant director, Ulterior Motives, Imperial Entertainment, 1993
Producer, Fresh, Miramax, 1994
Executive producer, Killing Zoe, LIVE Entertainment, 1994
Producer, Pulp Fiction, Miramax, 1994
Producer, Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995
Producer, White Man's Burden (also known as White Man), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
Executive producer, From Dusk Till Dawn, Miramax, 1996
Executive producer, Snakeland, 1996
Producer, Good Will Hunting, Miramax, 1997
Producer and (uncredited) executive album producer, Jackie Brown,Miramax, 1997
Producer, A Price Above Rubies, Miramax, 1998
Producer, Anna and the King, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Executive producer, Texas Blood Money (also known as From DuskTill Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money), Miramax, 1999
Executive producer, The Hangman's Daughter (also known as FromDusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter), Miramax, 2000
Producer, Knockaround Guys, New Line Cinema, 2001
Producer, The Mexican (also known as La Mexicana), DreamWorks, 2001
Executive producer, Stark Raving Mad, Newmarket Capital Films, 2002
Producer and executive soundtrack producer, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (also known as Kill Bill, Kill Bill1, and Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Volume One"), Miramax, 2003
Producer, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as Dirty Dancing 2), Lions Gate Films, 2004
Producer, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (also known as Kill Bill, Kill Bill 2, and Vol. 2), Miramax, 2004
Producer, Voces inocentes (also known as Innocent Voices),Slowhand Cinema Releasing, 2004
Producer, The Chumscrubber, Newmarket Films, 2005
Producer, The Great Raid, Miramax, 2005
Executive producer, Goal! (also known as Goal! The Dream Begins), Buena Vista, 2005

Producer, An Inconvenient Truth (documentary), Paramount Classics,2006
Executive producer, 88 Minutes, 2006
Producer, Inglorious Bastards, Miramax, 2006
Producer, Manhunt, 2007
Film Appearances
Officer Adams, Intruder (also known as Night Crew: The Final Checkout), Phantom Productions, 1988
Garbage fight heckler, Lionheart (also known as A.W.O.L.--Absent without Leave, A.W.O.L., and Wrong Bet), Imperial Entertainment, 1990
Young cop and voice for background radio play, Reservoir Dogs, Miramax, 1992
Third guard, Ulterior Motives, Imperial Entertainment, 1993
Yuppie, Fresh, Miramax, 1994
"Long haired yuppie scum," Pulp Fiction, Miramax, 1994
"Long haired yuppie scum," Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995
Bar patron number one, White Man's Burden (also known as WhiteMan), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
(Uncredited) Man in diner, From Dusk Til Dawn, 1996
Himself, Full Tilt Boogie (documentary), Miramax, 1997
Vegas onlooker, The Mexican (also known as La Mexicana), DreamWorks, 2001
Bar patron, Knockaround Guys, New Line Cinema, 2001
Himself, Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (documentary short), Miramax Home Entertainment, 2002
Himself, Pulp Fiction: The Facts (documentary short), Miramax HomeEntertainment, 2002
(Uncredited) Hotel clerk, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (also known as KillBill, Kill Bill 2, and Vol. 2), Miramax, 2004
Television Work
Series
Executive producer, Lost In Oz, The WB, 2002
Executive producer, Dr. Vegas, CBS, 2004
Executive producer, Build or Bust, 2005
Miniseries
Executive producer, Legend of Earthsea, Sci-Fi Channel, 2004
Movies
Executive producer, Anatomy of a Hate Crime, PBS, 2001
Executive producer, Nancy Drew, ABC, 2002
Executive producer, The Survivors Club, CBS, 2004
Episodic
Worked as a grip, Tales from the Darkside, syndicated.
Television Appearances
Specials
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder (documentary), BBC, 1994
Himself, Hollywood Goes to Hell (documentary), 2000
Himself, The Making of "Kill Bill: Volume 2," 2004
Himself, "Pulp Fiction" on a Dime: A 10th Anniversary Retrospect (documentary), Independent Film Channel, 2004
Episodic
American Cinema, PBS, 1995
Himself, "Anna and the King," HBO First Look, HBO, 1999
Himself, The Making of "Kill Bill" (documentary), Bravo, 2003
Himself, "Tarantino Special," Tracks, 2004
WRITINGS
Film Stories
Intruder (also known as Night Crew: The Final Checkout), Phantom Productions, 1988

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Billboard, August 16, 1997, p. 6
Interview, September, 1994, p. 130
SHOOT, July 21, 1995, p. 1; April 19, 1996, p. 52
Variety, May 7, 2001, p. C8; May 16, 2005, p. S24

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